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steck en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /stɛk/

Etymology

From Middle English stic, from Middle Dutch stucke, sticke, from Old Dutch *stukki, *stikki, from Proto-West Germanic *stukkī, from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją (“piece”). Cognate with Danish stykke (“piece”), Dutch stuk (“piece”), Faroese stykki (“piece”), German Stück (“piece”), Icelandic stykki (“piece”), Norwegian stykke (“piece”), Swedish stycke (“piece”). Doublet of shtick and shtuka. See also stock.

Meanings

1. (Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete) A piece or an item.
   • Delivered to the Queen's graces tailor one steck of purpure velvet; 1540, Criminal Trials:
   • Four stecks of Romany wine; 1546, Acts of the Lords of Council in Public Affairs:
   • The petitioner, to his great charge and expenses, had set up one loom for working at Damase, a thing never before attempted nor practiced in this country and by his own ingenuity and industry without any foreign breeding, being a born native of the kingdom.. he had wrought several pieces or stecks of it, which he had shown to several of the Counsel. 1693, Extracts from the Records:
   • Two stecks of double Demy-ostage to hang about the choir. 1537, Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland:
   • a steck o' bread

Forms

Synonyms

tranche · crumb · hunk · portion · chunk · lump · fragment · ort · bit · slice · steck · hunk · cutting · portion · chip · piece · fleak · snippet · clip · piecemeal · snead · flake · scrap · scraplet · crumbling · mammock